Guest Jean Posted August 29, 2011 at 12:19 AM Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 at 12:19 AM The State President of our Organization has resigned from her position for 2011-2012The President Elect who will serve 2012-2014 [ will stay]The Vice-President, does not want to hold the office of President, has resigned. The Recording & Corresp. Sec. will continue.Treasurer resignedAccording to Robert Rules, can they be replaced by calling the Past State Presidents & Club President to accept a new slate of officers?How should we handle this problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted August 29, 2011 at 01:03 AM Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 at 01:03 AM Check your bylaws. They may say how vacancies are filled.If not, you run an election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ed Posted August 29, 2011 at 09:45 PM Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 at 09:45 PM The President Elect would become the President unless the By-laws specifically state otherwise. Check the By-laws, they will determine if the Board can fill the vacancies or if a special meeting of the membership is required to elect new officers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted August 29, 2011 at 11:52 PM Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 at 11:52 PM "The president elect..." Nope!The Vice-president gets the job. RONR, p. 441 & 442.P. 441 says it is "usual" to put a provision in the bylaws making the pres-elect take over a presidential vacancy, but that does NOT happen without such a bylaw provision. (It is bad advice to put such a provision in, in my view, by the way.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ed Posted September 1, 2011 at 08:32 PM Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 at 08:32 PM I stand corrected. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alan Posted November 15, 2011 at 11:56 PM Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 at 11:56 PM "The president elect..." Nope!The Vice-president gets the job. RONR, p. 441 & 442.P. 441 says it is "usual" to put a provision in the bylaws making the pres-elect take over a presidential vacancy, but that does NOT happen without such a bylaw provision. (It is bad advice to put such a provision in, in my view, by the way.)I am quite new, so there may be a nuance I'm missing. I noticed that the original question stated that the Vice President did not want to hold the office of President, and resigned (immediately after the President's resignation one would imagine). So, how can the VP get the President's position? Do you mean to hold a vote for VP first? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted November 16, 2011 at 12:13 AM Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 at 12:13 AM Baring any specifc rules in the bylaws to the contrary, the Vice President (VP) automatically BECAME the president when the (erstwhile) president resigned (or, more correctly, his resignation was accepted).The person who is now president (erstwhile VP) didn't want the job (so why did he accept the Vice Presidency in the first place, one wonders?) so he resigned, too. Thus they end up with two vacancies in the two offices. Turn to the bylaws to see how to fill them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Hunt Posted November 16, 2011 at 05:17 AM Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 at 05:17 AM Baring any specifc rules in the bylaws to the contrary, the Vice President (VP) automatically BECAME the president when the (erstwhile) president resigned (or, more correctly, his resignation was accepted).The person who is now president (erstwhile VP) didn't want the job (so why did he accept the Vice Presidency in the first place, one wonders?) so he resigned, too. Thus they end up with two vacancies in the two offices.Turn to the bylaws to see how to fill them.Bear in mind that both resignations must be accepted, and unless your bylaws say otherwise, only the body with the power to fill the vacancy has the power to accept a resignation; it is a duty of the Vice-President to take over the President's office if a vacancy occurs. In any case, once the resignations have been accepted, if your bylaws say nothing, then the appointing body fills the vacancy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted November 16, 2011 at 08:50 AM Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 at 08:50 AM And if there is no "appointing body" named in the bylaws, then you turn to the general membership and hold an election to fill the vacancies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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